Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 9, 1879, Page 11

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. MARCH 9. [879—-SIXTEEN PAGES 11 is theatre. Mr. Ford nas shownmore l’mmim:‘sn in his production of this piece than l"ather mapager in_the country. The opera 355 € ¢ done at the Boston Museum, and was o stter ‘brought out in San Francisco by Mrs. o0 E e twe “Sailor Who Loved a Lass.” om:ger Ford eaw that this was something en- fiyncw, and it ought to be done in a new sy. He, therefore, intrusted the part of the 'dn'u'ml to Mr. George Denbam, the accom- Ji;ngdlow comedian of his companys east his .in-law, Miss Blanche Chapman, for the ter- G hin, and Miss Vaders for Buller- o7 All the other parts were given to smateuts: who were good singers rather s actors; and the chorus was sclected gom the church choirs of Baltimore and Washington. Indeed, after every Saturday- ot performances there was an exodus for the th, and Capt. Corcoran, Deadeye, and Rack- gtraw 2l appeared in the x{nflerics of popular A eteson the Sabbath. With such s company g5 this, there was 00 possibility of any flavor of jon of opera boufle, and the singers paid {ar more attention to the scorc than the text. opened in Baltimore, but the Monumental ity would pot bave it. After 3 week of very ipary business, they came to this city, and for once Philadelphia became enthusiastic. The somped by the hundred dollars almost every Dight for the first ten days. The press, vith ope or t¥O exceptions,—and those-unlucky itics bave sice repented in columns of re- ion,—propounced it one of the best things it bad been seen in 3 long time. Meanwhile 1he company Was making steady improvement, new business and perfecting the repre- gentation fn_every Wa¥. Mr. Ford would not it a single interpolation, or anything in the of a gag, and more than one rehearsal was 3] ;‘{m for the vpurpose of brirging {he -+ cOmDADY squarely down to the ot Mn Denhom made the hit as the miral, and has served as_the moael for ali Admird, R ors. Miss Chapman was verv pood 25 the Daughter, and the amateurs picked - gpthe business with decided aptitude. Garner Younz gained every night, and Pearson, ho sang the part of Deadeye, Wwas pronouaced by Marie Roze one of the best singers that she ad beerd i the country. Miss Belle Macken- b ¥bo played the role of Jiede, proved to e 1pe oo 10 make the most serious havoc upon e uscentible youth, and even upon_ Gerster, shoalled on hery and it was only by her man- and onal presence. She is nmot very . but she has a most_encaging WSy, and Tie shes very nicely, without much Foree. Nevertbeless, £he was recalied almost every and £he bad not becn here 2 week before fl'?{’mfl had to take her mail in charge and Jookover it himself. Many and many were the invitations to ride, and she nad suppers enouzh iaiered her _to go round the whole family of Y sters, consins, and sunts.” It was Very well Joown that ehe was 4 Philadelphia girl, that she ud run away {rom the Normal School to go on the sisge, and that she was a protege of Mr. fflrfl.r She hwent t‘?.h him in° fal— timo “mfi or o chance at the stage, and he told l;;' that e should adhere to his invariable mle sod send Ler back to her parcnts, If, however, they consented, he would_give hera chance to se¢_what she could do. Her parents aoreed to Mr. Ford’s assuming guardiansbip over her, and _she was given a home in his fam- fiv. He watches over her with a father’s care, and not until she.had been here many weeks - would he permit her to sit for a picture to meet {he demands that came to the photographers at the rate of tifty a day. She had a benefit on the sixtieth performance, and the rcceipis were ex- ceeded only by those of the fiftieth nizht of the piece. The néwspapers gave her notices by the inch, and the Inquirer gave her the full benefit ofhalf acolump. Thenit wassaid that she gave O it flowers to the orphan_ asylums und the ‘Bogpitals, and altogether she Lias been the rage. ‘After the first two weeks the full expenses of the eek had been paid every Monday night before the curtain rose, the advance sale seldom being Jess than $4,000. The reccipts have been only s trific under $50,000, and. there are millions in ityet. 1t was not until the picce_had_been agreat success in this city that any New York manager would touch it. Abbey was offered it, and de- dlined it in 6corn. Finally Duff leased the Standard todo it, and has been having packed buuses eversince. No other Philadelphia mau- ager touched the piece until Carncross produced avery funny burlcsque, which is now in its sixth week, with houses sold so far ahead that the wopsay are alraid to make any engage- ‘ems for their summer trip, fearing that this il into May. Un the sixth week Mr. Crossy brought it out at the North Broad Street vitha company comprising Annie_Pixley, Eu- gme Clark, Laura Joyce, Charles F. Lang, and Hury Allen. The house, which had not seen a wy‘mfi:ufliencc since-the bezinning of the sea- sn—%not one ’—was packed on the first nizht, 1nd has veen ever since. ‘Then_the Arch Street Theatre brought out another barlesque which proved a success, and oncof the variety theatres tried its Juck. Still they came. The publicstood & il Bartley Campbell’s company reached here, and then it arose and got mad. Bart- ley Campell’s company! *Yes, damme, it’s foopad.? They staid at the Arch Strect a single wek,and then the Holmans swooped down upon s at the Musenm simultaneously with the ing out of an amateur iroupe ab Georpe’s Hall. Last of all was one of Charles Landolph Gardiner’s companies at the Arch Street, which took the cake on its_first appear- ance, and has kept it ever since without fear of rvalry. 1t was the worst that was ever seen. We never saw a worse company,—* 0o, never,” and there was no *hardly ever” about it. There were about 200 people in the housc, and fher sat it through good-naturedly, belping out e performers when they did not know their Tines, guying them when they did, and iving thews ihe Fey for the chorus. We bave bad seven * pianajores® afloat at one time in the dity. Nowwe are reduced to four, and mext week Mr. Zimmerman will have onlly one com- ‘petitor. R. D. M. . A ONE-TIANDED PIANIST. The Buda-Pesth correspondent of the Edin- Seotsman writes: Neveriheless, it is not Joachim who is the “lion™ of our musical scason, but Count Gejza Zichy, the wonder/ul pianist with one hand, who has returned from Paris covered with laurels. In some of my former letters 1 havealready mention- ¢d Count Zichy and bis misfortune. Bat this mis- fortune has become the sonrce of his fume, and has rendered him a *‘specialite,” which even artists sdmire. The Parisian #igaro published long arti- des about the wonderful performances of the Lfl!fll Hungarian nobleman, who plnis with the thand with the bravoura of four. Erard open- el 8 separate piano-room for Count Zichy, where he played every day in the presence o “ilustrious sudiences. The Prince and Princess of Wales, for instance, were cu- ¢thanted by his playing; and Sarah Bernbardt, tne telebrated actress, scuiptor, and anthoress, struck by the inzenious manner with which he plays the melody and accompaniment at the same time, exs ed with admiration, ** It is lucky for you that You hada't lived in the fifteenth centurys they would have borned you alive!™ And it is really ¥onderiul to eee him play the difficnll composi- tions of Bach with the purity of an artist who has mastered only the natural difficuities. It is not ‘prescnt success which we most admire, but the {rest patience, the strong will, and inspired love offart, which have made this young, rich nobleman with unceasing ardor to conquer hia misfor- Cor and become an artit in spite_af his defect. nnt Zichy gave a concert for the Endowment Fand of poor literary men, and the concert-room Wiscrowded with the clite of Buda-Pesth. He a8 received with acclamations, and bis triumph wiscomplete, Liszt, the areat tutor of this dis- ished pupil, asisted at the concert. THE FOURTH CINCINNATI MUSICAL FESTIVAL. P As there were several errors in the programme or the fourth Cincionati Musical Festival, May, which we printed a few days since, we now eh uce it from_the official snnouncement of !ofl;‘y)":wmr& The priscipal works will be as FIRST NIGITT, “"'s'a“‘ ““Einfeste Burz™. Sy 1o quartet, chorus, orches A_fivhony. Cmajor (Jupiter) tretcht Te Deum and Jubi + 8olo guartet, . cnorus, orchestra, SECOXD NIGUT. Mista Solennis, D major, Op. 123.. ... Beethoven 5 quartet, chorus, orchestra, and oraan. Sympbony, D minor, Op. 120, -Schumann Orertore, o WEAIED, 310 b atercarrier ™ ‘Stabat” Mate: . .Cherabini M P Eed Palestrina of for two choirs a cupeila. Symphony, No. 8, F major, Op. 95 - be T«()sn;er of Babel ™. s cred opera in one act, Op. 80). Boldists, Lenor, varitone, bass, three choirs, or- chestra, ete. ? FoURTH NIGHT. iirize composition—This will be the work which T Feccive the prizo of S1,000 offercd by the tolociation for the most, meritorious wotk for Shorus aud orchestra, tl:e competition for whick is F.flxudgfie:, fsnly 10 native-born citizens o(. the A Faust overtare™.... . ... Wagner Song of Spirits Over the Waters, F‘m’h‘mhvflem (“M;‘z“!’rfl. 1) eeseose Zadok the Priest, ™ comggric:: anthem. Chorus, orchestra, and 0rgan. AMUSICAL NOTES. m{.‘:}lndnnafi critie says Withelmj - Is *cold.” ol Efl\u' soul, Wilhelwnj, why didn’t you say M}:’% draw up to the fire.—Burlnglon B ¢ The third volume of o Mr. Thaver’s biography of Beethoven is anmounced at Vieons. Mr Thayer, who has made -this work a matter of great stady, is an American. i;eM. Faure, the great baritone, whom some en- rprising impresario should bring to this coun- trv, is singing in Brussels, and has won speci: l‘:gmmendntion in “Harhlet,” * William Tell,” Faust,” and “The North Star.” At Naples, Mme. Patti and Sirnor Nicolini | having suppressed some of the most important airs in' * Rigoletto,” the audience grew indig- nant and made such a noise that the curtain had to be Jowered and the entrance moncey returned at the doors. The Dover (N. H.) Uemocrat calls the per- fomers at a recent sacred concert *alot of platform hoodlums and mushroom and pigweed Yankee Doodles, as green as goslings and _ awk- ward 25 ostriches.” and pronounced the concert itself a “ very valgar fraud and ridiculous plece of humbuegery.” 5 Tt isrelated that Bulow, while giving a piano- forte recital in Berlin, suddenly stopped nis playing, aud, bounding to the back of the room, began to attack a lady and gentleman for “chattering? during the performance. A little of this belligerency on the part of musicians might work a needed li'c_florm in this country. Everything clse has ailed. . The current number of the Musikalisches Wochenblatt contains the first detailed notice we have yet scen of Max Brach’s latcst important composition,—his setting of Schiller’s * Lied von der Glocke.” The work as a whole is very fa- vorably criticised, though some numbers. are spoken of as weak, if not trivial. The notice conclades with the remark that *‘the evening vlrodgx,ceda not very deep yet pleasant impres- sion. The musical journals of Vienna are discussing the merits of an intercsting discovery made by the Professor of the Flute at the Imperial Con- servatoircof Austria. This clever instrumental- ist has constructed a bass flute, which stands in the, same. rélation to the ordinary flute as the alté dots to the violin. The sound js full and rich, and of great sweetness; aud thic invention has attracted much attention in Vieunese mu- sical circles. Burlington, Vt., has got into trouble at the very beginning of it® experience with its new opera-house.,_Kellogg and Litta opened it the other day, und it was made a ereat event. But a ballet, with Bonfauti, was introduced into the opera, and that has frozen Burlington. “Sev- eral hundred ladies, comprising many of the truest and best women in our community,” were horrified. The local paper shares the fecl- ing, and altogether there 1s, a very unhbappy state of things in the “Queen Uity.” i At the North American Saengerfest to be hela in the Music-Hall, in Cincinnati, during June, the principal works will pe Mendelssobn’s *St. Paul,” Rubinstein’s ** Meer- esstille und Glueckliche Fabrt,” Schumann’s 4 Das Glueck von Edenhall,” Verdi’s “‘Requiem Mass,” part of Gade’s “Crusaders,” and of Rubinstein’s Paradise Lost.” the second part of Handel’s ** Acis and Galatea,” a ‘“Morgen- lied” by Kaff. and a *‘Great AMarch,” {rom Goldmark’s opera, *Queen ot Sheba.” Some forty years ago the programme of one of the concerts of the Norwich Musical Festival conteined the following list .of morceaux, with the exccutants. It can hardly be considered overloaded as regards punctuation. ** The Messiah * was to be performed, and the num- bers ran somewhat in this way:—*Comfort ve Mr. Hobbg, But who may abide Mr. Balfe, Be- hold a virgin Mr. Young, Behold darkness éball cover Mr. Phillips, Rejoice greatly Miss Birch, Te shall feed Miss Hawes, Come unto me Mme. Stockausen.” At lenth an Baglish composer has forced the ‘barriers that have so long been closed to English music at the justly renowned concerts of the Paris Conservatoire. At the last concert, when works by Hundel, Beethoven, and Meudelssohn were included in the programme, Mr. Arthur Sullivan’s elegic overture, *“In Memoriam,” pro- duced some years ago at the Norwich Festival, and frequentty heard since at the Crystal Pal- ace and elsewhere, found a place. According to all accounts it was admirably executed, and, still more eratifying, cordially received by the most privileged und exacting of Parisian music- al audiences. The latest discovery of unknown musical works is announced in'a German paper to have taken place in Vienns, and this time Beethoven is the sclected man. A double chorus, with or- chestral sccompaniment, which dates back to he time of the Vieonn Congress, and a rondo “for-piaho solo, with orchestral accompaniment, are the two cotupositions mentioned. These announcements in the German papers will prob- ably be received with some incredulity, since the story of_the discovery by Robert Franz of a quantity of Bach’s manuseriptsonatas wasshown 1o be o fabrication, though the contradiction.did Dot appear_until long after the paragraph had been copied all over the world. Maurice Strakosch and Wilhelmj have parted company, with mutual cxpressions of the most Jasting regard. It may be said that, as a whole, Mr. Maurice Strakosch has made no money with Wilbelmj, the losses in the small fowns offset- ting the profits of the large. ~Wilbelmj will con- tinue his_tour with Mr. Strakosch’s son and nephew, Robert and Edgar, but as his own re- sponsible manager. Before parting, fr. Stra- Kosch mede theé great violinist 2 present of a bow, the handic of which is set with a solitaire diamond of goodly size. It was made as a mark of the estecr and good feeling which a business acquaintance of six months had fostered. Mr. Strakosch leaves for Europe shortly, to attend to the businéss of Miss Kelloge, and to engage an opera company for Dex: year. The Dramatic News says: ‘‘Indications are rife_that next year wiil be the most lively, from the managerial standpoint, that we have known for many seasons. The Straizosches have deter- mined to carry war into-the cnemy’s camp to that extent thiat, when Mr. Mapleson opens at the Academy with his company, they will open with theirs at Booth’s, both piaying on the same nights. Manrice Strakosch goes over in a few weeks, and will scour Europe to get the best artists he can. The most promigent will be Mme, Sioger, whom the Ital- ans _consider the greatest dramatic prima donna nov living. And she has the advantage. of comperative youth in her favor. A light so- prano will also be employed as an offset to «Gerster, and, though her name is not given, she bas already been secured. Cary will probably remain: Pantalconi certainly. Two new tenors are among the certalnties. “In fact, the Stra- Tosches intend casting the dic for the operatic lead in this country with the best company that Europe will afford. Mapleson, on the other hand, will leave no stoue unturoed.” ——————— TRUE KINDNESS. Why stand wo apart with our work in the vine- ard, Since God's every child has ts mission to fill? Oh! wby not go forward like brothers and sisters, TForever united in earncst good-will? Are we not all in the hands of Jehovah— A0 the recipients of His Divine care? ‘Then why s0 ungratefal 2snot to be willing To let every soul have its God-given sharc? 1s there no bunt-ground or home for the Indian In all the wild forests or ficlds of tnc Earth? And must his pale brother, who claims to be Chris- tinn, X Deprive him of all he inherits by birth? Are they all blessings that we arc bestowing? "Arc our souts bowing around the Love-Shrine? Are these not thistles and thorns that are grow- ing, ' To choke out the harvest that should be Divine? "The words **Loving-kindness™ are easily epoken, But who nnder God will their meaning express? Who will 1]':! forth with the olive-branch token, ‘With only the motive to love and to bless? Whe will go forth in the armor of kindness, To lead the poor wanderer from pathways of sin— Scarch unt the souls that are groping in blind- * mess, : And find them a refuge, and welcome them in? Oh! if we look Upward for wisdom ana guidance, THow quickly the Anzels respond to our all, Using forever their utmost endeavor To make us Evangels of Kindness to all! They ask us to look at the lives we are living, And pause but suflicicnt to see where we stand— To sec 1f the gifts that we daily are giving Are surely the gifts of **the heart in the hand.” They teach us forever that we are God's children, With special appointments for ench onc to ill, And therefore should ahways, like brothers and eisters, Go lovingly forward in kindest good-will. The trees of the forest have no altercation, But stand in their order as if they were ones Their roots and their branches make progress to- getber, > Tntil their great work of the temple i8 done. The sunshine, the rain, and the dewdrops of morn- ing, Tow God-like and Kindly their tokens are given! Forever impartial, and ever ontir} As always our Father is smiling from Heaven. The star-gems that sparkle in beanty above us, So many and vared, all acting their part, Are asking us truly to be more fraternal, ) “'il;l sho'ulner to shoulder, and heart-pulse to heart! For, though in God's wisdom our miesions are va- cd, . Our hearts' best emotions should still be the - sam And kind:‘st of favors from one to snother “Should be 1ie blest objectat which we should . aim. Dz, D. AmrosE DAvIS, " Cape journals THE CAPE DISASTER. The Gallant Twenty-fourth and the Terrible Affair at Rorke's Drift. Eighty Soldiers Resist a Zulu Army, and Kill Ten Times Their Own Number. Correspondence New York Ttmes. LoNDON, Feb. 22.—At the risk of telling a twice-told tale, I venture to return’ to the gal- lant incidents of the Zuiu war. My excuse is that the details keep coming to London in fragments, and that the story.is not yet complete, nor will it be until the news- paper correspondents’ letters and the come in. It {s worth while in the interval, dealing with the bare telegraphic facts, to put the narrative into consecutive shape. On the 21t of Januacy the main-body of the British advance, under Lord Chelmsford, penetrated a cousiderable distance into Zululand, over twenty miles beyond Rorke’s Drift, near which a camp had been es- tablished, with a convoy, consisting of 102. wagons, 1,400 oxen, two guus, 400 shot and shell, 1,200 rifles, 250,000 rounds of ammuniticn, and a rocket-trouzh,—the -whole valued at $300,000. ‘Uen miles beyound Rorke's Drift Lord Chelmsford left the convoy guard and ad- vanced with the remainder of his forces, some ten or twelve miles further into Zululund, *to look for the enemy,” who, it afterward turned out, were at the same time 20,000 strong. Lord Chelmsford being well out of: the way, they fell upon the convoy. The British fought hard, and retreated gradually upon thic camp and its valu- able stores, thus gettine the support of all their immediate forces. The Zulus fell fast be- fore the deadly rifle; bat they carried out their courazeous tactics with a bravery which will not be forgotten when the historian comes to 1ell their story. To hurry an encounter to the deathestrugglc, hand to hand, is the Zulu idea. They advance in a body, the men in the rear rushing into the raps made in front by the enc- my’s fire. Then the men, with short knives and shiclds, sling back their rifles and leap upon the foe. Those who are armed with spears break them off short and convert them into short swords. * This is what hs{meucd at Isandula and the camp at Rorke’s Drift. The overwhelming numbers of the Zulus, taking the troops at a moment when there scemed to have been no opportunity of availing themselves of intrenchments or barricades, enabled them to overpower the red-coats. The British, both officers and men, fought and fell where they stood. cach of them, however, slaying his two or three to onc in the uucqual fight. " The colors of the regiment and the stores fell to the victors, who thus came into possession of valu- able weapons and smmunition, which they could aleo show to possible allies us induce- ments to join them. Not less than flity-one British oflicers, and 570 men lay dead in the sacked camp before the Zulus carried off the spoils. 1In the meanwhile Lord Chelmsford was still “looking for the enemy!” Then it was all over the news reached him and he hastened back, to discover that the force he had left in his rear had been -annihilated. - The Zulus had not held the camp, but had carried off literally cverything that made it a camp. 1t was ao. awiul scene of slaught There was not n living in There were no wouunded to tend to and succor. Quarter had neither been asked nor given. Black and white lay torether in the death-grip. Both hsd fought with cqual courage and des- peration. The sturdy Engfishmen had met in the athletic Zulu a foemar worthy of his steel. The ungerrated savaze bad shown himself a crentare upon whom drill and discipiine 10ay be s effective in the dircetion of natural courage ason Earopeans. Lord Chelmsford encamped among the dead, making_ dispositions to mect any rencwed attack. Some ten miles away, wlille the flower of his army is being literally massacred, he is also_quietly awaiting morning in the shambles, while further in his rear ao- ther desperate fight is going on., In thatio- quiry which he is_instituting touching the above affair, the British public will expect some explanation from him touching .the gucsuon how it is a British General is found advauclug into the heart of an enemy’s territory while that cnemy’s army is allowed to congregate on his rear and destroy his base of operations. TIEROES FOI TIE: VIGTORIA CHOSS. Some dozen miles from the camp at_Rorke’s Drift proper, s small commissariat post had been stationed, near the Tugcla River, aund not far from the frontier towns of Helpmakzar and Greytoyn. Here, without any intrenched sys- tem of defense, utterly unprepared to resist anything like a serious attack, and never dream- ing of danger, there were a handful of volun- teers, some men of the Twenty-fourth, and some civilians, about cighty, all told. ~They were Gnder the command of a couple of young Licutenants, Bromhead, of the Twenty-fourth, and Chard, of the Royal Engincers. They kmew pothing of the ~bitter business that had been going on _at the eamp. Their first intimation of trouble arose from secing fugitives making for the river, and, in_ the distance, natives in pursuit. Seeln davger, the young Licutezants called their men to arms and commenced to turn their commissariat stores to account. They had a vast quantity of meal in bags and a large store of biscuit in tins. These, under the young Engineer’s dircetion, they hastily formed into a barricade, with loop-holes for the rifles. Meanwhile, the outlook saw scveral of the Tugitives fall under the Zulu fire, more par- ticularly Lieut. Coghill, whilecrossing the river, the ofticer’s intention being to warn Greytown und Helpmakaarof the danger they were in from a Zulu advance. Coghill and some half dozenor more had got away from the camp, charged with the duty of carrring news of the Zulu attack to the rear. The little post at Rorke’s Drift appears to havebeen altogether forgotten, except by the Zulu army, for the natives who had pursued Coghill turned out to be the vanguard of another portion of .the vic- torious force whichbad captured the Chelms- ford convoy. 1t was sunset on the 224, just as his Lordship was beginning to realize what had happened at the camp, and utterly unconscious of the situation of the post at the Drifr, that petveen 3,000 and 4,000 of the ecemy appeared before Chard and Bromhead’s breastwork of meal-bags and biscult-tins. Waiting calinly for their advance, the little garrison poured into them a volley that stageered them. The fire | was repeated, and_the Zulus, swarming over Uieir dead, charzed for the most vulucrable part of the barricade,” entered it, and were hurled bzck at the poiut of the bayonmet. Again and again they returned to the breach, which wus closed up with their dead. Thegarrison fought likedevils. Theclubbed their rifles, they used their bayonets, the' young Lieutenants fousht with their swords. After. each repulse the men . réturned to their rifle practice, kecping upa At the rear of the barricades was a ‘There were five paticnts in it and a servant of Col. Harness. ‘Ihe Zulus fired the hospital, and the inmates were burned to death, cxcept Harness’ seryant, who crepi out and cscaped in the bush. ‘The light of the flames helped the garrison to see the for; and enabled them to avenge over and over again the poor fellows in the - hospital. All through the night the unequal contest went on, the Zulus more than once coming up to the breast- work uud seizing the rifie-barrels which flupg smong them & constant and deadly hail” of bullets. Some of . them got in- side the impromptu fortress six diferent times, but they \were slaughtercd to & man. Assistant-Commissary Byrne was conspicuous for his bravery. He was killed. Bug few of the others fell, sheltered by the bags and tins 80 admirably engineercd by Lieut. Chard. Toward dawn Lord_Chelmsford continucd his retreat and reached Rorke’s Drift shortly after the at- tacking hosts had withdrawn. The Zulus evi- dently%l‘.\d good information of Lord Chelms- fori's movements, for as he came up they re- tired; and at first the men at *the beleagured post thought the fresh force appearing aganst 1he gray sky-line was a new body of the cnemy. The British colors, however, 5000 made them- selves manifest to the outiook, and the garrison Sent up a ringing cheer, which was answered by thew comrades, wno, 3s they advanced, found grim evidence Of the contest that bad only just been tinished. The neigh- borhood of the Drift was strewn with Zulu dead, 351 bodics lying thick about the barri- caae, more particularly at thé point where they nad been repuised with the bayouet. The bodies further away were estimated at between 600 and 700, so” that ‘Brombead and Chard’s com- Sy bod averaged ten Zulu killed per man. They bad not_ only done something tow: wining out the defeat of the camp, but they had saved Greytown and;Helpmakaar, and, possibly, Natal itself; for they had clearly checked the advance of the ememy. who would otherwise have swarmed over tile frontier which he has nevertheless crossed bere and there in small parties. 1t is thought at the Cape that every man at Rorke's Dnift should have the Victorna Cross, and nobody in London gainsays their title 'to the distinction. They have covered 1hemselves with glory, and added another im- perishable laurel 3o the famous but unfortunate Twentyfourth. *\HO HAS BLUNDERED!" This is the guestion Which is just Bow befng deadly fire. small wooden bospital. discussed in military, political, and general cir- cles in régard to the destruction of the modern Twenty-fourth by the Zulus. Lord Chelmsford, the Commander-io-Chief, i blamed when any ositive opinfon is offered;'thongh a laudable eeling of reticence is shown, pending the arri- val of the full and complete details. So far as Lora Chelmsford is concerned. the position 1ooles a little awkward. On the 12th of January he crossed the Tugent at Rorke’s Drift, and ad- vanced, as has been already described. He had some skirmishes with the enemy, whom by and by he lost sight of. For eight or -ten days he bovers about the spot where the disaster took place. During this time it is clear that 15,000to 20,000 Zulus were concentrating within a few miles of him. What sort. of reconnofssance could he have made -not to get an iokling of. their whereaboutsi What was his cavalry about? In the old days of Kafir warring, the Cape Mouuted Rifles were the eves and ears of the army. It istrue, Mr. Cardirell, under the Gladslone Government, disbanded them, in the hop¢, o doubt, of uni: versal peace. Their loss Lias been keenly felt. But Lord Chelmsford_knetw there were no Cape Mounted Rifles to help him. On the 21st be appears to have' become VEy aoxious to fina these infernal Zulus,” aund 50 he goes on with the main body of his force. Heleftin bis rear all his stores. Hedoes not cven take the trouble to intrench the guard. All his stores, rifles, £hot, guns, oxen, he leaves beliind _in charge of the Twenty-fourth, - without barricadé or in- trenchment. -Ee had with him-a small body of pative horsemen and 200 Eoropeans: it is to be presumed he = took some precautions to fling out reconnoitering partics; aud yet there are 15,008 to 20,000 of tlie encmy hovering in his rear, within ten miles of him. When be is too far off to render-assistance, they fall on the gaard, with the result which is now only too notorious. These facts are few, but they are facts. Even, the tclezrama give sufll- clent information to enable us to say so em- phatically. Liow will Lord Chelmsford mect whem? 1t was rumored that the Government had reealled himj that Lord Napier was going out; that Sir Garnet Wolscleyhad been ordered to take cominand ; but there is no truth in these statements. So far, the Government has been content to dispatch reioforcements with all speed, though the country would learn with satifaction that it had done what rumorcredited it with, ————— OUR UNIVERSITY. To tle Editor of Ths Tribune. CmicAGo, March 8.—In the southern part of the city, at Thirty-fourth strect and Cottage Grove avenue, stand the buildings of the Uni- versity of Chicago. This mstitution is some- times called by our citizens the Douglas Col- lege. Stephen ‘A. Douglas, secking the highest good of Chicago and the Northwest, laid its foundations by donating ten acres of land, the present site of the University buildings. Not afew, when he made this gift, urged that the University should in justice bear his name; but he, with characteristic magnanimity, re- fused this honor, assianing as the reason for this refusal, that the University should be forever regarded as belonging to the entire city, and soit could be appropriately called “mothing but The University of Chicazo.” By his speclal request it received “this name. He has committed it to our carc. Many among us Thold his name in special honor, and we can now do nothing which would_contribute so much to the glory of the departed statesman as to make, by our geuerous. support, the University which ‘he founded strong and cfficient. I would not, by any word that I may write, malee the impression that the University has not done pood work in the past, oris not doing zood work now. Its literary und scientific instruction will comparo favorably with that of other col- lezes. It would be a pleasure to have those who arc capable of judging in reference to this step into our class-rooms and.examine for themselves the character ‘of the instruction imparted, and the drill to which our students are subjected. But, while the work done by the University is wood, with ereater facilities, - especially in the scientific department, it might be made to cover much more ground, and, at the same time, more thorough and eflicicnt. But this University, useful as it has been and mighty for rood_as it may be in the future, is now crippled with debt. If any one says that an institation of learning should never contract debts, we shall agree with him, and shall give to his declaration, the greatest possible emphasis. But, having . been called to the control of the University only one P‘cnr ago, I am not in the Jeast degree_responsible for the contracting of its debts. Nor are those in the Board of Trus- tees who are now directing its affairs responsible for this state of thinge. We are simply endeav- oring to_ cancel these debts, and to rid forever the University of this incubus. g Mecn not only very properly denounce the ruinous_ poliey of rupning into debt, but they also tellus that there has been quarrcling in the Board of Trustees. This is trug, and, as that quarreling nearly proved the destiction of the most important trust ever committed to the citizens of Chicago, it_is sad and reprehensible beyond espression. But that quarrel is dead. It belongs to the past. . Its boues, well picked, arealready as dry as thosein Ezckiel's visiou. The present managers of the University are 0o more responsible for that old quarrel than for the fend which. sprung up between Saul and David. If all_rood men -condemnn it,—and o ood man couid do nothing less than that,—we “wish to staud among the foremost in denounc- ing it. But becausc “somebody blundercd in the past, does that excnse us from activg rightly now? Because some men in the Board of Trus- tees once stiffly and unbecomingls contended with each other, shall we now justify ourselves in permitting the Upiversity to perish? O course no sane man will say that. But a few have said that it is a denomination- al school, and therefore they must be excused from supporting it. When Judge Douglas bad determined to Jay the foundations of the Univer- sity he thought it wise to put the gist of the re- spousibility of caring for it upon some Chris- tian denomination. He was not particular at the time, as all his acts in reference to it show, what denomination should assume its guardianship; bt he finally saw it to put this responsibilty on the Baptists. But the charter, drawn by his own hand, ‘breathes in cvery line of it the most catholic spirit. No relizious tests whateyer can Ve applied to any student entering the Univer- sity. Its Trusteesare from all denominations, and from good men of no denomioation. N. K. Fairbank, most higbly esteemed among the busi- ‘Tness men of this city,isnow Presidentof the Board of Trustees. The Faculty is eathered together on the same liberal basis. No denominational tenets are ever taught. Protestant and Roman Catholie, Jewand Gentile, men of every race and color, arc welcome within its walls; Men might just as well refuse on denominational grounds to sustain Dartmouth or Yale College. 1t is, therefore, my privilege and duty to ac- peal,-with all the earnestness that I possess. to the citizens of Chicago to make their own Uni- versity just what it sbould be. Its debis must be paid. It should be liberally cndowed. Those of ms who can contributo only small sums to this great work ought to do it gladly. But the history of collcges aud universities in our country shows that, it such iustitutions are ever amyly endowed, they must sccure large gifts. Many men in the East give to colleges in their own States ten, or twenty, or fifty, or a hundred thousand dollars. A few years azo, Gardner Colby, of Massachusetts, said to the Trustees of Waterville College in Maive, I _will give to your Colleze §50,000 if you will raise $100,000 in addition to the $50.000.” The condition thus laid down was soon met, and the result js that the Colleze has become one of the best equipped fostitutions in our country. We have some rich men in our city. We have merchant prinees; we have men who have grown rich io handling grain and pro- visions; we haye those wio have . become wealthy by manipuiating great railroad enter- rises; we have rich bankers and capitalists. WVill these men who hive made their money here permit the only upiversity in their city.to ‘perish Tor lack of_their sympathy and support? Will they not do for this institution what wealthy men of the East have done for scores of colleges there?” Shall it be said that Chicago can pour out its millions to augment its ma- terial resources, and yet permit its only literary scientitic institution “of a_hizher grade to be blotted out for want of a little money? 1 caonot believe that my fellow-citizens, justly noted for their great commercial cuter- Prises, will ever permit their thriving _city to suffer such an jrreparable disaster. ~ When I have sought access to them, that [ migbt plead for the University, they bave received me with Tarc courtesy. ‘They bave listencd to my WOoras Swith that attention and imterest which show Lliat they appreciate the greatness and grandeur of the enterprise for which I am ealled to Jabor. ‘But the time for action bas fully come. Who among us will have the honor of making the first large and_liberal donation to this great work?—of beginning a movement which shall result in.complete success, and shall con- fer, in all time to come, untold blessings on our city and on our common country? GALUSHA ANDERSON, President University of Chicago. —_———————— Gom betta and the Orleans Princes. The Paris correspondent of the Boston Adver- tiser writes: ‘*Outsiders of course wonder that Gambetta was not named President, but we know him to be far too clever for that. reatness lies in liberty of action, und as Pi Ecm of the Republic he would have been obliged to justify the hopes of the moderate Republic- aus who supported him, completely mto the radical movements, and " this be has too much sense to do. We kuow or to throw himself that he hns bound himself to the Orleans Princes. Each day it becomes more and more evident that they have every chance for ulti- mate success, but the momient has not come, and Gambetia is not ready.” " THE GAME OF CHESS Communications for this department should be ‘addressed to T TripusE and indorsed **Chess.™ CHESS DIRECTORY. Crcaqo Crress CLUB—No. 50 Dearborn street. Cricaco Cuzss AssocraTiox—Hansen & Welch's, 150 Dearvorn street, opposite Trinuxs Building. Chess-players meet daily ot the Sherman Houso (Basement) and Tremont House (Exchange). TO CORRESPONDENTS. W. W. C., Boston.—The Glole now reaches us regularly. ; C. A. P., city.—The _valuable contrioutions are ‘most welcome. Lig L. B. L—The problem is fanlty. White can play 1..BtoK4ch, 2..RtoB5ch; 3 .QtoQ5mate. Why not also Q to R 5q for the key move? Problem No. 167.—Correct solutfon received from W. #. Ovington, E. C. Phillips. and E. Bacbe, city; N. M. Scaoff, Ann Arbor. Micn. ; 3. Famsworth, Philo, Il ; L. B. Ives, Riverside, Ill. E. C. P., city.—We_think your final conclnsion in reznrd to Problem No. 167 is the correct one. and that it is only open to one solntion. Quite a number_of _correspondents have overlooked the **point™ of the problem. s F. A. B., city.—In all problems the defense is at liberty to make any legal move to avold mate; consequently, if a stalemate can be cffected when the conditions are ** White to mate, " the problem is unsound. 5 g PROBLEM NO. 169. BT G. E. CARPENTER. gel 4B sag O O 0N NN NN, NN N AN N\ ‘N mIi MR S\ gyl B0 R ‘White. v . White to play and mate in thiee moves. R SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 167. Thite. Black. 1..Ptks i (becomes B) | 1..KotakesRP 2..Kt10Q7 20lAny move $.;Mates accordingly 1..P takes B becoming Q will not answer on account of this defense, NOTES. The Louisville Chess Club has recently awakened from its lethargy, and effected 2 permanent organ- ization by electing officers, and, having obtained the use of the Public Library rooms, will hold a chess fournament, beginning about the 1st of April next. The match atodds between Mr. Max Judd and eizht of the leading amatetirs of St. Louis was commenced last week. Mr. Judd's antagonists are Messrs. John O. ilolman. C. D. doody, F. P. Merrill, T. Rabuske, B. B. Dixon, J. Eckel- son, Ben Foster. and ‘*Amateur,” with_each of whom he plays three games, and 10 each giving the Knight. Three games have been played with Mr. Holman, each szoring 1%. The final scoré in the Manhattan Chess Club tour- nament is as followa: Prize. Played. Won. . Per 50 43 F 8 of, Charles Mohle. L. B 2 och. . is 3oy 763 D. Grabam Baird 44 Y 7.2 J. W. Baird... 44 3 *75.0 .10 3 3 On Saturdsy evening, Feb. 22, tho Club held its second annual banquet at their rooms (Cafe Loge- Jing, 40° Bowery), on which occasion the prizes were awarded to the victors in the tournament. . At the mecting of the Chess Association Jast Wodnesdas evening. the Preaident was authorized to appoint a commirtce to make the nccessary ar- rangements for a zrand display of chess with liv- inz figres, to be_given 08 soon as practicable, probably after the Lenten scason. An_account of o exhibition of this character in_Peorta apoeared {1 this column a feiv weeksago. Similar'spectacies ‘ave aleo taken place in Bergen, X. d.. Sewickly, Pa.. Pittsburz, Cincinnati, and other places, and overywhere nirended by throngs of pectators. The pecullarities of the game and ‘of tle different ploces sford an opportunity for . gorgeous and gallant aisplay. The coup de la tabatiere in ** Le Petit Faust bas always been regurded as strikingly simple and effective,—offering your antagonist a pinch of snufl and running him through the dinphragm as he ‘bows his acknowledgmént. But the ** Beacons- field Mate," which the Chess World ascribes to the English Premier, is an _even more startling inven- tion, ** enabling any young becinner to disconcert and’ vanquish the most skiilful player.” When hopelessiy beaten, all you have to do is to look your opuonent coolly in the face. turn the board found without attracting his attention, so that his pieces become yours, gi de grace, and cry ** ate! CHESS IN CHICAGO. Sixth game in_the match between Messrs. Adair and Uedematin for the challenge cups of the Chess ‘Association. Played ¥eb. 20, 1879. KING'S BISHOP'S GAMMIT. Black—Mr. Adalr. 1..PtoK4 588388 2w G! E e =T o @ e 1) 4 () g g el £88 76 w7 b $BE S58EsEEsEe ied e i 4 Se O o o e P () K toB3 twQKt3 kb 5 =R RRRR R ARCR & 3 8835T £ R PRttt 58585555 OO Pttt b Ro53gEas 3885 CORATA: @NauAag PrCEeCT AR 88 Drawn game.. (a) C%lnI\“B 31s the correct move here, which gives White the best game. (b) BtoKt5or K3 is the usnal move. (c) QtoB 3uow would be weak on account of Blnck's rejoinder. Kt to R 4. ) B to K 2 would have becn better. fic; 1t takos Kt P would be answered by Pto Q4. (1) The only move to save one of the advanced awns. P White should not have mvited the exchanze of picces. but played instead 8 to Q 2, folluwed $o dome varistions by B to B 3. by Bests if K to K 2, Black wonld reply R to K aq, followcd by Kt to Kt 5. - i) K to @ 3 would have gained a mov: & K1 hoald nave played PloQ B3, a8 it Jeaves o better sttacking position, will also i WD, w’('ll{)‘g?uck threatens P to Kt 5. CHESS IN NEW YORK. A beantifal specimen of Capt. Mackenzle's play. . TWO ENIGATS' DEFENSE. ’ White—Mr. ——. Black—Capt. Mackenzle, 1.EtoR 4 1.Ptokd KttoRBS B BtoB i tto B3 4. Kt10KLS t00Q4 P takes P tio R4 BroKe5ch 1983 P iakes P | takea P (a) Making one of the most beautifal'and curi- ons checkmztes we ever remember to have seen 1o actual play. —Zolyoke Transcript. ————— " Dog and Wife. .Alocksmith in an English midiand county has just been sent to jail for brutally bea:élfi bis wife. This enterprising gentleman fo givo your lste king the covp_ bis wife to sleep on the floor in order that his racing dog might occupy her place in bed; and his four-legzed pet was regaled on jolnts of beet, while his wife and children were starving. The uoreasonable woman complained, and the g:firla“z:u husband beat her within an inch of THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS. Communications intended for Tae DmavcaT Eprror should be addressed to 0. D. Orvis, P.-0. Box 215, Chicago, Ill. For Publisher's price-list of standard works on the game, address the Dranght Editor. PLATERS' HEADQUARTERS, Athenmum, No. 50 Dearborn street. . TRBUSE OFFICE, Ciiicaco, March 9, 1879, PROBLEM NO. 108. : End-game between Mesars. Beach and Pomeroy. Black. I 7 . a Z /d% //% off fiell T B mel W officfi @ B el e B _fiel . Vehite. Black to move and White to win. POSITION NO. 108. End-game between Messrs. McCoxarr and ORvIs. Black men on 21, 24, kings on 22, 28. White men on 30, 31, kings on 19, 20. Black (McCombie) to move and draw, TO CORRESONDENTS. W. M. Parcell—Will write. J. Afl—Received with best thavks. D. P.—Keep us well posted, pleaze. William J. Weafer—Problem on file. Henry Hutzler—Mailed a8 requested. JSohu S. McConnell—Correct this time. Mc—Your games will be very welcome. Edwin F. Clatk—Price-list duly mailed. H. D. Lyman—Communication received. Charles Bateman—Will look it np for you. Patrick Walsh—Amount returned by mail. Willlam Davie—We acknowledge obligations for recent favors. A. E. Morse—We would like some more of those games. (2) No. ] ‘A. Hersey—We shall be pieased tohave you con- tribute regalarly to this colutn. T W. E. Abbott—Yonr play 22—17 at eigiith move of Cross is drawn according fo Lay. P. J. Hickey—Yes, 1612 at tenth move of Probler 106-B. wins, but 16—20 will draw. Barton—At third move of your variation (a) 1m- stead of 20- 16, play 20—2¢and draw. (2) Your Iatest Is correct. J. 3. Jenkins—Your position is taken from varl- ation of Problem 106. ~ (2) At eighth move of your solation 16—20 draws. : £ J. Armonr—Players conzregate at the Athenenm during all hours of the day and eventng, but more especally in the afternoon. C. Keyser, J. Armour, L. Webb, Thomas 0'Con- nor, J. B. S., John Mansfeld, J. F. Dickey, and J. 'B. Chambers—Your solutions to Problem No. 106 are incorrect. Correct solutions to Problem No. 106 have been received during the past week from E. A. Perkins, G. W. Scott, J. W. Howley, M, B. Bovee, 3. J. Kaln, P. J. Hickey. Barton, W. M. Purcell, Mc, W. Lettoy, J. M. Jenkins, James Pelletier, Kin- .zie Street Drsught Club, George Conway, snd Adolph Wirth. CHECKER CHATTER. Mr. Priest scems to have found his match in Providence. The latest report to us isas follows: Freeman, 5; Priest, 2: drawa, 18; total, 25. During Mr. Martins' first week’s play in Aber- deen, 63 games were contested, ofywhich the ex- champion won 50, lost none, and 13 games were drawn. Mr. Charles Sass, of Dubugue, snd M. James Pelletier, of Marshalltown, Fa.. "have just fimshed playing a little match ‘bf’ four games by corre- spondence, of which the former won two games and two were drawn. The players of Fenddu Lac are orgamizing a tournament. They will play fora fine checker- board and the championship of Wisconsin. Alltke scattering_claimants to that title throughout the State will be invited to participate. Mr."Freeman, the thampion of Rhode Island, visited Boston a few days ago, where he made the following score:. 7 1 Freeman... Mr. Schaefer won the doubdle eagle, ously donated by A. J. Duniap, r. S. not ‘only won the prize, w0 gener- Esq., of the Zurf, but he defeated “ach one of his opponents in the tournament, \hich would justify_him in claiming the title of champior: draught-plajer of New York. We ap-. pend the score: Won. Lest. Drawn. Tofat. 21 8 13 42 19 C 9 " 42 2 42 Schefe CONTRIBUTOR'S CRITICISMS. . 3. Hickey, Dubuque, Ia,, writes as fol- Jows: **At 30th move of Game No. 324, between 3essrs, Bryant and Faalkner, play 28—21 instead of 23—18 and draw. - Mr. Befter's Game No. 326 JIsc aratively worthless. At32d move instead of 22 phl?' 3228, and I will reward him with f he can even prove a draw for a ‘chromo’ Black.” Mr. A. Hersey, of Monroe, Mich.. writes: *‘In Mr. Hefter's Game No. 326 at the 31st move I find the following position which I think is a win White: Black men on 1, 3, 5, ‘White men on 10, 1: for 28 32. Mr. Hetter play Play as foilows and Wi 2— 6 10-14 G— 9 14—18 no14 White wins, 5—9 8—11 White wins. White | | ‘wlas. | White wins. SOLUTIOSS. ; The correct solation in Problem No. 106 is nec- essarily deferred until next Sunday. BOLUTION TO PROBLEN No. 107. By John Kirk. 6~ 5 1(3) | 1320 | 31-28 18-11 §_13 | 15-10 513 S 11—-7 24-19 B. wins, 6 1519 draws. (8) 1619 draws. . “ BOLUTION TO TOSITION Ko. 107. By W. K. Abbott. 811 - | 1827 " |13—1n 2—9 115-15 g—2 |[28-22 |10-17 |11-15 [Whitte ¢ . a7-23 | 1718 9— 6 3-10 wins. GAME NO. 328—BRISTOL. Played by corre!‘mndencs between Mr. James Pelleticr, LaSalle, lil., and Mr. H. B. Hall, Jr., Momence, TIL. J Pelletier's move. 11-16 25-22 24—20 9—14 16—19 18— 9 16 5—14 -7 12-19 4— B 2018 2925 -1 AME 0. 320—GLASGOW. Tenth game pi tne Freeman-Priest match at Providence, GAME NO. 330—CROSS. - Played at Holland, I3., between Messra. David Mitlar and Mdnli[u. cIntyre's move. 1i—1s (92— 15— | 2824 18 | 11-15 @) 213 s11 262 |1 -1 - 1916 (¢) 2723 4~ 8 2319 2 514 o, 18- 9 216 14 7—11 =17 18-7 1518 2-11 NOTES BY ME. DAVID MILLAE. (a) 1 belfeve thisloses. Q) This leaves say piay I have seen. €2) 31—17 would glve White a hard games " A young girl—Forei: (&) Anything cite woulh be certaln dean (e) Any other move would allow Black todraw. GAME NO. 331—0LD FOURTEENTEH. Played by correspondence between P. J. lickez, Dubuique, and Dr, M. R. Wagroner, De Witt, Ia- Hickeys move, o 7 5—9 lig= | 1—s luon, (@) The same result might have been aiinined E:rgo:uwn carlier with correct play.—Dravan® i : ——— LOBNOR. A Mpysterions Lake. Hartford Courant. A contribation of hizh importance to the ge- ography of Central Asia has just been made by the publication of an account of the expedition in 1877 by a Russian officer, Col. Prjwalsky, to the mysterious Lake Lobnor. About four years ago this explorer, who adds to the spirit of ad- venture the knowledze of an exact scientist, made a long journey from Siberia across the *Gibl desert, through Mongolia and Western China to the borders of Thibet. He has juss started from St. Petersburg on a third expedi- tion, with the purpose to penetrate Thibet and reach Lassa, and return by a circuitous roate, being absent two years. Lassa is a mouontain town north of the main chain of the Himalayas, on 4 branch of the Brahmaputra, pat down ony the map as at an elevation of 11,700 feef above the sea. It is i latitude about 30 de- prees morth and about 91 degrees east longis tude. This region, through which he will pass 15 already mapped With some approach to aceus. racy,.but it is practically the most uoknown- recion in the world. We know very little about Thibet and its people, and lessof the great region Iying between ~Thibet, China, and Turkestan. Attention bas mcentl{been called to it by the occupation of Kuldja by the Rus- siang, and by the war for the recovery. of the Kuldja_province between China_and Yakoob Beg. Siuce the travels of Marco Polo, no man bas accomplished so much in cleartng up the geographical problems of this part of the world as Col. Priwalsky. The Colonel, in his recent expedition, the account of which Is just pub- lished, started from Kuldja and trav- eied southeast until be struck the River Tarim where it turns south, and ho followed its course until it discharges into Laka Lobuor. The Tarim is a_great river with afflu- ents covering a very wide space, rising in the mountalns of Kashgar, those hounding the Great Pamir on the East, and in Jerkand and Khotan. Flowing through the Gobl desert, it seems, ac- cording to_this traveler, to lose itself in the sunds, for Lake Lobnor is liftle more than a shallow basin. It lics on the 90th degree of west_longitude, nnd just south of the 40tk parallel of latitude, running from southwest to northeast about 90 versts, and nowhere wider than 20 versts. This shallow lake is covered with reeds, and appears to be subject to perfodiz increase und decrease. ‘The water is clear and sweet, and only brackish along the shore; it is fall of fish, and is frequcated at certain seasons by tens of thousands of migratory birds. The most curious thing abong it, how- ever, is its inbabitaots. They are not many, but they Prescnt a singular ‘mixture of types, and actoally live among the reeds of the iake in primitive dwellinge constrncted of reeds. The auscription of these outlandish people is said to form a valuable contribution to cthmolo~ gy. ‘The explorer also describes the strango wild camels of this region, ch are 80 puzzling to naturalists, and be visited the Altyn Tach range of mountains, 14,000 feet high, 2 north- castern offshoot of the Kuen-Lun Mouutajns. The position of Luke Lobnor given by Col. Priwalsky is that in the latest Sticler atlas, but it enould be smd that Baron Ricntoén, the greatest geograohical authority on. Cenzral "Asia, says that the lake described by Prjwalsky is only a gathering of the waters ol the Tariui, and not the true Lobpor, which he places further north. ———— - EMPTY" LOVE. - Love Is 8 meckery. maiden sweet, With little to wear, and little to eat; If bed be blanketiesr, board be bare, Trae Love will linger no longer there. For Want and Misery know 1o law, x ‘And Love's very briftle—it breaks as straw; 3f \Want oa master, then Love is slave, ‘And grieves in chains to 1ts early grave. And, when Love dies, there i little left In the sad, sick heart of its hopes bereft, Sighing and moaning, poor soni! its ache— The old, worn tale of a life’s mistake. Fair maid fn comforr, haste not to be “An heir to a chance in this misery. if Love comes empty as soundinz brass, 1 pray you, good maiden, let him pass.”, Tn God's pood time He will snrely bring A lover with something besides the ring— That honest purpose, essential care, Which holds Love’s sweetness forever there. Then home shall be, what you dream to-day, Two loving sonls’ haven of rest alway; But not if you choose the lover, lass, Whose empty love is but sonuding beass. CARREY VOUGHT. ——————— . ""WE GIRLS."-—lIl A tardy young Miss yclept Laura Thonght less of to-day than to-morrows: ‘Once too oft she was late— The groom couldn’t wait— She was terribly lelt, to her SOrrow. AR ethercal maiden called Mand Was suspected of being a fraud: Scarce & crumb was she able To eat at the table— But in the back pantry . . . OLawdi A delicate girl was oar Nell, More soft-hearted than language can telly Why, she'd weep when a mouse ‘Was found dead in the house, And with sobs would her soft bosom swefl. A star on the stage, *‘sweet Opheliz,” The heart from your bosom would steal yoag When she'd die ina fit, Tears would deluge the pit, - And her shriek—why, ‘twonld reslly congeal youl Missions—Paulias Succambed to the African clime; ‘To a turn waa she done, And they said, every one, «Yum, ‘yum, but ain’t she just prime?” X e —e———— - Astonishing Kind of & President. Boston Advertiser. When Don Marco A. Soto became President of the Honduras Republic, he found the country baokrupt, but, with a remarkable spirit of atriotism, he used a great deal of his own large ;‘ortune in improving its condition. He, more- salary for his ————— <t A friend in need is a friend indeed.” Such & friend is Dr. Bull's Cough Sirup, which should be in overy family; it costs only 25 cents a bottle, and. may save many a doctor bill- over, refuses to receive 2ny services. RETAIL DEPARTMENT PARIS XID GLOVE DEPOT, 94 State-st. FINE KID GLOVES, We have just opened a complgte line of our direct importations of JOUVIN & CIE’S Regular Cut and Seamless Kid Gloves. 9-Button, $1.25, really worth $1.65 3-Button, $1.50, really worth $1.90 A-Button, $1.75, realy worth $2.20 | Gl $2.95 maly i $270 Every Pair Warranted and Fitted, ALSO, CHEAP KIDS A SPECIALTY.